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Scioto Downs (ScD5/8)

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Track located in Columbus, Ohio two and one-half miles south of the Columbus city limits on Route 23.
Address: 6000 South High Street
P.O. Box 07823
Columbus, Ohio 43207
Phone: (614) 491-2515
Results "Hotline": (614) 491-1133
Fax Number: (614) 491-4626
Sponsored by: Scioto Downs, Inc. and Mid-America Racing Association
Dates: May 5 - September 16
Post Time: 7:30 p.m., Holidays 1 p.m.
Dark: Sundays and Mondays May to July; and Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays in August and September
Track Officials
President and General Manager: Ed Ryan
Vice President: LaVerne Hill
Race Secretary: Stacy Cahill
Publicity/Marketing Dir.: TBA
Simulcast Coordinator: Debbie Howells
Track Facts
Track Opened: 1959
Speed Rating: 1:59.3
Length of Homestretch: 539'
Width of Homestretch: 90'
Starters Behind the Gate: 9
Hubrail?: No
"Open" Stretch?: Yes
General Admission: $1.50
Clubhouse Admission: $3.00
General Parking: $1.00
Grandstand Capacity: 10,000
Clubhouse Capacity: 2,400
Parking Capacity: 4,000
Number of Race Programs: 95
Gross Handle: $7,676,735
Gross Attendance: 196,032
Average Handle: 80,808
Average Attendance: 2,063
Percapita Wagering: $39.16
Record Business
Handle: $1,231,444 - September 7, 1996
Attendance: 14,357 - April 26, 1986
Leading Drivers
Wins: Randy Tharps - 118
UDR: Brett Miller - .376
Purses: Brett Miller - $643,486
Leading Trainers
Wins: Virgil Morgan, Jr. - 99
 
   
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